How to Root the Lava Xolo A1000 and Install Recovery?

The Lava Xolo A1000 is doing a pretty good job having a good set of specifications and a reasonable price especially in markets like India. This guide is aimed to teach you how to install both a recovery and root the Lava Xolo A1000. Before going ahead with our actual root process, it’s better to get some knowledge about the specifications of this device. The Xolo A1000 packs a 5 inch HD IPS display and a 1 … Read more

How to Root Your Karbonn Smart Tab 8 Velox and Smart Tab 10 Cosmic?

If you’re looking to buy any Karbonn tab, then the Smart Tab 8 Velox and Smart Tab 10 Cosmic are still one of the best available in the respective segment. Both these devices are packed with dual core processors and therefore they are perfectly suitable for their price segment. Although they do differentiate in terms of camera as the Smart tab 8 Velox packs a 2 megapixel camera and the Smart tab 10 cosmic features a 3 … Read more

Download YouTube Movies and Convert Them Free

My kids are obsessed with watching Minecraft videos on YouTube and when we had to go on a trip recently they wanted me to find a way to download YouTube movies and put their YouTube videos on their Kindle Fires so they can watch them in the car without any Wi-Fi access on the long drive.  Well a quick turn and scouring everything from Google Chrome Extensions to software, I found something that works very … Read more

Recent Technology News – Android Malware, Blackstone Exits Dell Buyout

Recently, Android users have been thrown into a bit of an Android Malware scare after Lookout  discovered a new piece of malware called ‘BadNews’ in as many as 32 Google Play apps. Although somewhere between 2 million and 9 million Android devices have been estimated to be infected, if you haven’t downloaded any Russian clone apps recently you’re probably safe. Just to be sure, let us go through how BadNews affects the infected devices: Shows … Read more

You Must Know These 5 Android Terminal Commands

Whether you’re stuck in the middle of some crappy company’s boot logo while rooting your device or doing customization, these 5 Android terminal commands are those that every Android user must be aware of. In fact, it might just save you from wasting extra bucks by allowing you to recover your Android device at your home instead of bringing it down to a service center. Besides, some of these Android terminal commands would definitely help you … Read more

How to Unlock the Nexus 10 Bootloader

Nexus devices are doing a pretty nice job in terms of sales across the globe (especially in the US) and one of several reasons why people love Nexus devices is that they have the unaltered stock Android OS on them.  Although Nexus devices are being sold with a locked bootloader, it is fairly easy to unlock it including doing it on the Nexus 10. However just a bit of fair warning, unlocking the bootloader on … Read more

Best 5 Augmented Reality (AR) apps for your Smartphone

Technology is rapidly developing  and there is no sign of things slowing down. One of the trending technologies lately is AUGMENTED REALITY (AR).  Most people may not realize that most smart phone’s are already supporting this futuristic technology to some degree.   So keeping the “some degree” in mind, here I came up with some trending & what I think are the best 5 augmented reality apps for mobile devices. 5. 3D Pool game – … Read more

PressReader for Reading Newspapers on iPad

Believe me I am one of those people who uses Google Currents, AP Mobile, Pulse and various other news aggregate apps to get the latest headlines online.  Despite this I found that I missed having a local paper, I missed the detailed articles and specifically the more local news around the cities I cared about most.  Online news on Google News can lack a local appeal and I still liked print papers for some occasions. … Read more

CES 2013 Reveal #4 – Favi Android Dual Core Gaming Projector

Favi a company known for their projectors has announced their new project the android 4.0 Dual Core Gaming projector. It has a 720p resolution and also is 500 ANSI lumens. The Favi A4 has a 1GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor and 1GB RAM as well as 16gb of internal memory. It can project up to 200 inches diagonally and it can connect with two HDMI ports, three USB ports, one VGA and one composite input. It works with DLNA … Read more

CES 2013 Reveal #1 – Nvidia’s Project Shield

The Nvidia Project Shield is a portable game controller that will play android apps and computer games. Just in time for CES 2013.Running the Android operating system Nvidia hope it will turn out as the next step up for hand held computer and android gaming. To play pc games a player must have a computer in their house turned on and it must have a geforce gtx 650 or higher, it will then connect and you … Read more

Sphero – The World’s First Robotic Ball Gaming System

What is Sphero? Sphero is the world’s first true robotic gaming ball, It uses iOS and Android to implement features for users. There are many different uses for it and it can provide a lot of fun for every age, You can control it with a device and move it around courses or even use augmented reality to turn the ball into a beaver with your camera. How does a person control Sphero? Start by … Read more

Best Android Hotel Apps to Help You Search for Hotels

Whether you’re traveling around the world for business tours or personal holidays, finding hotels with average rates and service is a tough task. Many of us leave this tedious task to their personal assistants or travel advisers.  However, you would be amazed to see how these Android hotel apps make everything easier and simple for you to do the leg work yourself. 5 Best Android Hotel Apps TripAdvisor TripAdvisor is an excellent companion when you’re travelling … Read more

Review of the New Trent iZen Power Folio Case

New Trent has made some amazing portable battery chargers and cases for both iOS and Android devices, so when they recently released the iZen Hardshell Power Case for the iPad (3rd generation and 2nd Generation) I had to get my hands on one to test it. I believe this is the only product that doubles as both an iPad case and an external battery pack for the iPad combined.  You get a case with a … Read more

5 Best Go Locker Themes for Android Phones

Still using the default lock-screen on your Android phone? If you are, aren’t you bored of it yet? I personally change lock-screen themes and home screen launcher themes frequently and that eventually refreshes my mind. The common mindset behind this is very simple. The human eyes are hungry for something catchy and they get bored of staring at same thing constantly everyday (most of the time). What could be the best possible alternative to the default … Read more

5 Best Free Brain Puzzle Games for Android

Most of the time, Android lovers are not at all interested in having games with cutting edge graphics. What they do love is playing brain puzzle games until the time they actually tease your brain. In this article, I’ll be shedding some light on a few of the best and free brain puzzle games that you would love to play on your Android device. 5 Best Free Brain Puzzle Games for Android Unblock Me Unblock … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini or Samsung Galaxy S3

A couple of days back, Samsung announced the Galaxy S3 mini, which is a smaller sibling to its flagship device called the Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung has yet to confirm the availability of the S3 mini in various markets however reports are suggesting that UK might get it first in a couple of weeks. The most notable features that have been stripped off from the higher end S3 are a slower CPU, smaller display size … Read more

Google Nexus Program Getting Revamped

Last time I reported about a possible tie up between Google and HTC for the next Nexus. It seems that these rumors have fallen on their face with new reports that are coming directly from Android & me. According to these reports (& old WSJ reports), Google is all set to revamp its Nexus program. This new nexus program will allow all manufactures to get in and release their smartphones but with certain conditions. What … Read more

HTC to Make Next Nexus?

Well, after successfully throwing the Nexus One Android smartphone (the first Android smartphone from Google), it looks like that Google is seriously looking at HTC for making the next Nexus smartphone. So far, Samsung did excellent job with recent Nexus smartphones but rumors are suggesting that HTC’s leaked DLX Android smartphone could be the base prototype for next Nexus device. According to these rumors, the next Nexus smartphone will feature a 5 inch display and … Read more

MoboMarket-All new one stop Android market

Moborobo developers are definitely on fire with the number of Apps making their way to Android smartphones. Last time, I covered how simply the Moborobo PC suite transfers and syncs your data with your desktop. This time around, a new product called MoboMarket is all set to give you an alternative to standard Google play store. I know, Google Play store is already loaded with about 6,00,000 applications and now no-one would ever catch it … Read more